Weddings

A bouquet of mango mini calla lilies and bright orange tulips.

A matching boutonniere with a mango mini calla lily accented with an orange freesia.

Fun boutonnieres made from not-yet-fully-open ball dahlia – perfect size!

Wristlets for the ladies made of orange cymbidium orchids and orange freesia.

Arlene and Danny were married at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown LA, followed by a reception at Lot613, a modern warehouse event space.  Flowers for the bridal party and reception were in fuchsia and green on silver, shimmery table lines.

Arlene’s bouquet was all green with green cymbidium orchids and “green tea” roses.

The maid of honor carried a fuchsia hand-tied bouquet of “hot lady” roses and magenta freesia.

The women wore corsages of green cymbidium orchids and fuchsia freesia.  I love the brightness of the lime green against the hot pink!

Arlene and Danny wanted a simple, clean, and modern look for the reception flowers.  The first thing guests saw upon entering Lot613 was a long row of clear glass cubes each holding a single rose blossom.  Alternating between the cubes were  votive candles in frosted glass holders.  We used battery-operated tea lights that looked just like the real thing – amber in color and flickering to boot!

The bride and groom were the king and queen for the day – sitting on tall white thrones at the head table!  Rose petals surrounded the long row of fuchsia ball dahlia arrangements and votive candles in between.

On each reception table we arranged a long row of small cube arrangements, each holding the same type of flower and lined with variegated aspidistra leaves for a very clean and modern look.  Frosted votive candles were placed between each arrangement.

There were cubes of fuchsia roses…

Fuchsia dahlias…

And lime green cymbidium orchids.

Finally, I just wanted to show you the cool lounge chairs and mirror topped lounge tables placed outside of the reception area. We placed a long row of flickering candles down the length of the tables – tres chic!

Sofya and Edward were married at Cravens Estate in Pasadena, a beautiful historic mansion that now houses the San Gabriel Valley Red Cross Chapter. Here’s an example of The Flower Lab providing just the personal flowers for a more DIY-inclined bride. Although they are typically smaller jobs, I always welcome the small break during the busy wedding season!

Sofya’s bouquet was a hand-held bouquet of all vintage garden roses called “Caramel Antique”.

To go with the lovely historic surroundings of Cravens Estate, Sofya wanted her flowers to be more garden in style in yellows and greens. The groom wore a boutonniere of yellow freesia accented with green kermit pom and yarrow.

The male family members wore boutonnieres made of succulents and yarrow.

And the women wore corsages of yellow freesia, spray roses, and yarrow.

Beautiful!

Marisa and Francis were married on a clear summer day at Palos Verdes Country Club. With the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop, the ceremony site was resplendent with 360 degree views of the sea and rolling hills of the peninsular community of Rancho Palos Verdes.

We decorated the wedding arch with mostly curly willow branches and tucked in individual stems of red of white flowers. We used red “Freedom” roses, white cymbidium orchids, and white phalaenopsis orchids.

The aisle chairs were draped with ivory organza fabric with a small puff collected at every other chair. We then tied a posey of red of white roses and dendrobium orchids on every other chair. The ceremony floral decor was simple and elegant, yet had much impact in its simplicity.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of red roses and white cymbidium orchids. The bride held an all white bouquet of “Tibet” roses, cymbidium orchids, spray roses, and stephanotis, edged with green salal leaves.

Continuing with the red and white color scheme, the reception centerpieces featured tall branches of curly willow sprayed chocolate brown with individual cymbidium orchid blossoms attached to the branches.  A collar of red roses circled the neck of each glass cylinder.

The bride and groom gave each of their guests a mini canning jar to fill with a variety of candies from their sweets table.  The candy jars also doubled as escort cards, with names and table numbers attached to each.  We decorated the favors and escort card table with smaller versions of the reception centerpieces – curly willow branches and cymbidium orchid blossoms.

Here are beautiful photographs taken by John Li Photography of Jennifer and Michael’s purple and white wedding at Calamigos Ranch.

I love their sweetheart table with the Just Married sign draping from the front edge! We transferred the green cymbidium orchids from the ceremony aisle chairs and covered every centimeter of the table with green cymbidium orchids – probably about 150 orchids!

What a cool red background! Was this from a barn at Calamigos? Leave it to John Li to scope out some awesome places for interesting shots.

Jennifer and Michael were married under a large tree draped with long strands of Christmas lights. We mimicked these hanging lights with actual strands of white cymbidium orchid blossoms and clear crystals hung from the branches, surrounding the bride and groom.

Jennifer and Michael were married at Calamigos Ranch, in the lovely Cottage Pavilion. Jennifer loves orchids!! So we featured several different types of orchids in her wedding color scheme of white, green, and purple. Calla lilies were also used in white and purple.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of all bright green cymbidium orchids.

Jennifer carried a bouquet of white cymbidium orchids with purple lips mixed with white mini calla lilies.

An modern installation of 5 tall clear glass cylinders were arranged on the escort card table. The two taller cylinders were topped with purple mokara orchids and the lower cylinders held bouquets of purple mini calla lilies.

On each cocktail table, we placed a clear glass vase with vines and long stemmed purple mini calla lilies twisting within the vase.

A tall manzanita branch arrangement was placed on the guestbook table next to wedding pictures of the bride and groom’s parents. I always get a big kick out of seeing these vintage wedding pictures – love it! We anchored the sandblasted manzanita branches in a tall glass square vase filled with white pebbles. I like how you can see the pebbles through the glass of the vase making it look like the branches are in a white vase. The branches were decorated with white cymbidium orchid blossoms, clear crystals, and stems of purple dendrobium orchids.

The ring bearing flower girl carried the sweetest pillow made from flowers! Here we used green kermit poms and tied a white satin ribbon around the pillow and accented it with orchids.

For the aisle chair decor, we tied entire stems of green cymbidium orchids onto every other chair with purple satin ribbon.

The reception was held under a big white tent decorated with twinkling lights. Each table held a tall skinny white tower vase topped with all purple dendrobium orchids. And flickering battery-operated tea lights in frosted glass votive holders completed the look.

Stay tuned for John Li’s gorgeous photographs of the lovely bride and groom on their wedding day!

Gina and Will choose vivid wedding colors of orange and blue. I loved how these orange summery flowers looked against such deep and intense blue hydrangea!

For her wedding bouquet, we used golden cymbidium orchids, white mini calla lilies, “caramel antique” garden roses, white freesia, and orange tulips.

Gina was also a little bit of a DIY-bride. She found her own clear glass vases to use for the reception and The Flower Lab filled them with flowers. We used large and fluffy deep orange dahlia, garden roses, alstroemeria, roses, blue hydrangea, and chocolate geranium leaves.

These small square vases each held 3 stems of dahlia and were placed on the cocktail tables.

Tall stems of orange “mango” calla lilies were held in skinny clear glass rectangular vases.

Angeles and Steve were married at the Hotel Maya in Long Beach. It was a purple and lavender themed wedding with accents of pink and ivory. I loved the decor at the Hotel Maya – lots of eclectic furnishings and wall hangings.

The ceremony was held outdoors with a view of the water and downtown Long Beach. We decorated the chuppah with ivy, hydrangea, lisianthus, roses, and delphinium.

Angeles carried a bouquet of purple hydrangea, pink lisianthus, purple freesia, “polo” roses, and cafe au lait dahlia. The bridesmaids bouquets featured purple lisianthus, cool water roses, and pink cymbidium orchids.

The ring bearer carried a small pillow made of variegated ti leaves and decorated with white and pink cymbidium orchids and purple dendrobium orchids.

For the escort card table, we made a manzanita branch arrangement with sandblasted manzanita branches decorated with hanging pink crystals, orchids, and hydrangea. We covered the base with purple and lavender hydrangea and ivory roses. Pink crystals were draped throughout the branches and we glued white dendrobium orchids and pink cymbidium orchids to the branches.

The centerpieces were comprised of a grouping of three rectangular vases each with a layer of sand and white cymbidium orchids. The cymbidium orchids had purple on the lips – perfect for the purple and lavender themed wedding.

We decorated the cake with white and pink cymbidium orchids. A toss bouquet accented the table and we edged the cake table with orchids and lisiathus blossoms.

Amie and Leonard were married at the dramatic, seaside Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara. Here are some professional and much better pictures from their wedding. I love it whenever I hear from my brides a couple of months after their wedding and see their pictures. So fun and so great to know how they are loving married life!

I just wanted to share some gorgeous photographs of Karen and Jon’s wedding by Tauran Photography.

The flowers look amazing in these pictures. And Karen is beautiful as always (and smokin’!).